“All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.”
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“All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.”
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“When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to...”
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“I honestly think that with our generation - Alex Wang, Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu, Christian Cota, Robert Geller - there's a different expectation of what our behavior should be. People expect...”
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“I went to Columbia University because I knew I wanted to go to a school that was academically rigorous. I prided myself on getting good grades, but I also hated it.”
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“Act well your part, there all the honour lies.”
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“The anti-New Deal line is wrong as a matter of economics. F.D.R.'s spending programs did help the economy and created millions of new jobs.”
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“Di jalan cinta para pejuang, biarkan cinta berhenti di titik ketaatan.. Meloncati rasa suka dan tidak suka.. Melampaui batas cinta dan benci.. Karena hikmah sejati tak selalu terungkap di aw...”
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“It's a very bleak play, but there is some final sense of redemption. 'Coriolanus' shows mercy, a Christian virtue in an otherwise un-Christian world.”
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“I sit around listening to classical music. I don't play video games. I love to go to dinner, go on picnics, travel.”
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“I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front of Jazzy Jeff's record studio every day.”
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“I own one movie by fellow Swede Ingmar Bergman, because I have to. You can't be a movie critic with a collection of six or seven hundred DVDs that includes everything from 'Tokyo Story' to '...”
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“We like playing smaller venues, but we know how many people want to come and see us so we don't ever want to stop anyone who wants to come to a show from coming.”
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“The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.”
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“The buyer, the prospect, the customer expects you to have knowledge of their stuff, not just your stuff.”
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“In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.”
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“I focus just on the important issues, and I know I can make a lot more progress.”
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“That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.”
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“All these movies are observational comedies. I see somebody, maybe a dry cleaner, and notice how they are. Maybe I'll decide to turn a person with those traits into a studio chief.”
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“Few dramas in American political history remain more riveting than that of Nixon's exit and Mr. Ford's reaction, at first halting and then decisive, to the looming possibility of a former pr...”
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“It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.”
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“Whether we're talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one's weaknesses, mistakes, and needs f...”
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“Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.”
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“My debt to you, Beloved, Is one I cannot pay In any coin of any realm On any reckoning day.”
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“Reason is good but reality is greater.”
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“Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.”
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“I lost my head for a little while.”
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“First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.”
“I thought I was Superman until I experienced that life-changing anaphylactic shock. I was eating lunch and gobbled down a couple of bowls of gumbo. Then, 15 minutes later, I'm in my dorm roo...”
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“In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.”
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“I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person.”
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“You don't feel bad when you're dancing. You can't feel unhappy; it's impossible. It's such a natural way to release endorphins.”
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“I'm used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest.”
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“Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.”
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“Be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your answers.”
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“As part of our layered approach, we have expedited the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units to help detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats on passengers. The...”
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“The U.S. invaded the wrong country, destroying an odious government that was not responsible for 9/11. I don't know how you recover from invading the wrong country, no matter how you spin it...”
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“President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice.”
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“If you are passionate about something, then give your whole soul to it, but be careful my friend, not to ignore that one person in pursuit of your goal, who has been your only support when e...”
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“I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think for a husband and wife, the way to stay close is to do things together an...”
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“I believe employment regulations for women, whereby the prospective employer is not able to inquire about the interviewee's status regarding children, childcare, or indeed their intention of...”
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“In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.”
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“I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day of...”
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“A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say.”
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“My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.”
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“I've always been kind of precocious, but my journey sort of solidified when I was in college and majored in theater. That's how I knew I wanted to spend my life writing, telling, and perform...”
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“The perfect pop song is a 20th-century creation; it's not a sonnet, it's not an opera, it's something short - three and a half minutes by nature - and has this ability to travel and to defy...”
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“I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go...”
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“Kebanyakan orang dapat bertahan hidup hanya jika mereka dapat melupakan realitas ini dan memusatkan diri ke yang lain: ke karier mereka, ke investasi, gelar, anak atau apa saja yang terlihat...”
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